It’s Baisakhi! So get into the festive mood, beat the drums, dance the bhangra, eat amazingly delicious food and celebrate the New Year with friends, family and loved ones. Zestful people of Punjab relish the best of Punjabi cuisine on the joyful festival.

Baisakhi is a double celebration to mark the harvest festival and Sikh New Year. It gives people the wonderful opportunity to thank Mother Nature for ensuring a good crop for the season. The air is filled with festivity and almost every North Indian kitchen especially Punjab has taken over the aroma of authentic Punjabi recipes.

There are different traditional Baisakhi food items which are specially prepared on this day.

People indulge themselves in preparing a number of delicious recipes during this festival. As Punjabi’s are known for their loud taste in food and music, the food so prepared is usually spicy, have a really strong aroma and use ghee generously. Right from the starters to the dessert, almost every Punjabi recipe is unique for its own taste, preparation and aroma. Choley bhature , makki ki roti de sarson da saag, kheer are some of the popular recipes people love to cook during the festival. Punjabi foods literally delight our taste buds, doesn’t it? On a festival like Baisakhi there is nothing to think about other than the tradition, being thankful and the amazing food. Most importantly the “Sacred Pudding” needs to be made with utmost perfection. Karah Prasad or Kada Prasad is sweet flour based oily vegetarian food that is offered to all visitors to the Durbar Sahib in a Gurdwara (Sikh worship place). This is regarded as food blessed by the Guru and should not be refused. There have been many modern variations and approach towards Baisakhi food. Traditional Baisakhi recipes are vegetarian and there are local variations that are served. But non-vegetarian versions are also available to go with modern times.

May this special day of Baisakhi hold in store- the fulfilment of all hopes and dreams that you aspire. Have a joyous Baisakhi and keep enjoying food.

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